If it helps at all, this is something you'll continue to deal with in waves throughout your career. I wrote about my encounter with it as a first-time manager recently.
100%. When I started speaking at conferences I got hit HARD with imposter syndrome. It made me want to give up!
I think the most important thing is to let your achievements speak for themselves. Try not to rely too heavily on external validation. Rather, ask yourself - if this feeling I have about myself was true, would I really be able to fool anyone? The answer is probably not.
My therapist introduced me to something recently called "self-schema". I recommend looking it up and having a think about your own self-schema :)
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If it helps at all, this is something you'll continue to deal with in waves throughout your career. I wrote about my encounter with it as a first-time manager recently.
Impostor Syndrome and Outliers
Matt Eland ・ Sep 3 ・ 6 min read
I might write again in the new year as a first-time conference speaker. I know I'll continue to fight it at points throughout my life.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience as well
100%. When I started speaking at conferences I got hit HARD with imposter syndrome. It made me want to give up!
I think the most important thing is to let your achievements speak for themselves. Try not to rely too heavily on external validation. Rather, ask yourself - if this feeling I have about myself was true, would I really be able to fool anyone? The answer is probably not.
My therapist introduced me to something recently called "self-schema". I recommend looking it up and having a think about your own self-schema :)